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IIF.AD  Ori'ICK: 

95  Freehold  Building,  Toronto,  Ontario. 

UNITED  STATES  OFFICE: 
8i2  Prudential  Building,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


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WILLIAM  CHAPLIN. 

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»7>.<,.&fev^^         ...    CII.XKLKS  li.  WOKTHAM. 


DIRECTORS. 

WILLIAM  CHAPLIN.  PresicU-nt  Woll.nd  \al..M|.. 
Co.,  .St.  Cath.irin's. Out. 

lAMFS  D.  CHAPLIX   Manufacturer.  St.  ttathari^.s. 

ARTHUR  SCHOKLLKOPF.  President  Power  City 
Battle,  Secretary  ^nd  Treasurer  Nia^-ara  Falls 
Hydraulic  Po^yer  &  Ml^.  Co..  Nia^jara  Falls.  N.  V. 

WM.  B.  \VU  LARD.  Pre.sident  Fren.ont  Marhle  Co.  ol 
Colorado,  Hartford,. Con;i. 

BENJ.  VV^  G..\LLUP,  A.ssistant  Cashier  Firs,  National 
Bank,  and  Assistant  Treasurer  People's  ^Savings 
Bank.  Woonsocket.  R.  L 

"■  '^''f:.'^-^'^D  WILLIAMS,  Vice  President  of  The  J.  B 
VVdhams  Co.,  Glastonbury,  Conn. 

CHARLKS  B.  WORTHAM.  President  Niagara  Countv 
Irn»fat,on  &  Water  Supply  Co..  Buffalo.  N.  V. 

DEXTKR  D'K.  POTTER,  Real  Estate,  St.  Catharines: 
TMOM  .\S  W  .  GLEA.SON.  Fir.ancial  A.a-nt,  Buffalo. 


SOLICITORS. 


JAMES  B.  OBRIAN, 

J.  B().\RDM.\N  SCOVELL. 


Toronto.  Ont. 
Buffalo.  N.  V. 


BANKERS. 

COLUMBIA  N.VTIONAL  BANK.    .     ,     Buffalo.  N    Y 
IMPERIAL  BANK  OF  CANADA.    Rat  Portage,  Ont. 


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THE   NINO    MINING   COMPANY, 
LIMITED. 

NO  PERSOXAL  UABIIJTY. 
The  Nino  Mining  Company,  Limited,  is  a 
corporation  orj^anized  un.ier  a  charter*from  the 
Province  of  Ontario.  It  has  taken  over,  and  is 
opcratnig,  the  Nino  Mine  on  mining  locations 
J.  E.  S.,  93,  and  J.  E.  S.,  no,  in  the  Deer  Lake 
District,  Lake  of  the  Woods,  about  sixty-five 
-  njiles  from  Rat  Portage. 

This  remarkable  property  was  discovered  only 
a  short  time  ago ;  but  sufficient  development 
work  has  already  been  done  upon  it  to  demon- 
strate the  permanence  and  character  of  one  of 
the  many  large  veins,  and  to  confirm  the  good 
unpression  made  by  the  surface  showings. 

LOCATION. 

The  Deer  Lake  Country,  in  which  the  Nino 
Mnie   IS  situated,    is  a   part  of    the    Lake   of- 
the   Woods  District  of  Western  Ontario,  which 
comprises   several    thousand    square    miles    of 
territory    between    the   western    end  of   Lake 
Superior  and   the    Manitoba   boundary.      This 
tract  of  country  is  very  much  broken,  although 
without  any  points  of  great  elevatwrtu  and  the 
depressions  filled  with  water  coiippe  a  net 
work  of  navigable  lakes  which  se^e'as  water- 
highways  to  all   parts  of  the  xlistrict.      It   is 
asserted,  upon  good  authority,  that  there  are 
more  than  14,000  islands  in  the  Uke  of   the 
Woods  Jjroper,  and  it  is  probable  that  the  num- 
ber of  small  connecting  laRes  in  the  mainland 
adjoining    is    even    greater.      By    this    means 
nature  has  provided  transportation  facilities  to 
most  parts  of  the  district  of  a  most  economical 
character,  which  may  be  still  further  extended 


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(irtincially  at  very  ^malj  exjjense.     The  country 

is  well   woo(le<l',    i)i  many   places   with   heavy 

tiiivher  of  finest  quality,  and  ekewhere   with 

excellent  firewood.     At  tl»e  outlet  of  the  I^ke 

of  the  Woods  there  exists  one  of  the  greatest 

water   |X)Wers  in   the*  world.     This   is„  already 

•  under  development  and   operates  a   reduction , 

.  plant  doing  custoih  work,  and  there  issuffieient 

reserve  ppwer  to  operate  thousands  of  stamps. 

Th^  cost  of  labor  is  moderate  <  an_d  the  expense 

of  living  in  -tlie  district  is  reasonable,  owi.ng,to 

proximity  ttf  the    rich   agricj*l(iural    lands    of 

,  Ontario ^nd  Manitoba. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  natura^^^piinditions 
are  favorable  for  the  installation  o"f  mining 
plants  and  for  the  prosecution  of  mining  oper- 
^tipns  at  minimum  cost.  But  a  sttll  more  im- 
portant factor  lies  in  the  character  of  the  ores, 
which  are  to  an  exceptional  degree  free  milling, 
and  call  for  treating  plant§.  of  the  simplest 
nature,  costing  relatively  little  for  equipment 
and  operation.  Under  these  conditions,  the 
of>erations  of  mining  and  milling  can  be  car- 
ried on  fis  cheaply  in  this  district  as  in  any 
country  where  quartz  mining  is  done  on  ore  , 
bodies  of ^ equal  extent.  I'nder  present  condi- 
tions, all  costs  can  be  covered  by  $2.50  jjer  ton, 
which  should  be  still  further  reduced  as  condi- 
tions become  more  settled.  « 


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DEER  L.\KE  COUNTRY. 

■  The  Detr  Lake  Country  is  reached  through 
Rat  Portage,  a  city  of  7,000  people,  which  is  • 
the  distributing  center  for  the  Lake  of  the  . 
Woods  District.  It  is  situated  gn  the  Canadian 
Pacific  Railroad,  about  forty  hours  ride  from 
Montreal  and  thirtysix  hours  from  Toronto, 
without  change  of  cars.  A  rtew  line  of  railway, 
known  as  the  Ontario  &  Rainy  kiver  Railway, 
is  now  lieing  built  through  the  central  and 
.southern  part  of  the  jjistrict,  which  will  greatly 
improve  transportation  facilities. 


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The  neighborhood  in  which  the  Nino' prop- 
erty lies  is  of  recent  discovery,  but  is  already 
„  one  of  the  most  active  in  the  district,  havinj; 
rej^la'r  steamboat  service  almost  daily  durini; 
na\^ati6n  and  service  by  stage  .durirtg  the 
vrinter.  •"  ^  '  '         ' 

^  Many  rich  finds  have  Ijeen  made  during  the 
present  smnmer,  some  of  which  haveproduced 
the,  richest  surface^  samples  ever  foum^  in  the 
Lake  of  the  Woods  District,  and  it  is  prolxiljk- 
that  the ^Humbei^of  working  properties  in  the 
neighborhood  'will  l>e  "largely  increased  Vf6re 
the  winter  sets  in.  ,  --' 

NfNO  PROPERTY. 

The  Nino  propertj'  cojnsi&ts  of  i  lo  acres  on 
Tillie  Lake,  north  of  Deer  Lake.  It  is  traversed 
by  many  well-(lefined  veifls  of  quartz,  of  which 
no  less  than  twelve  hav^  been  already  located  ; 
and  it  is  pr6bable  that  many  others  exist  cov- 
ered by  vegetation.  Of  these,  only  one,  th%  No. 
I  Vein,  or  Nino  Vein,  from  \);liich  the  property 
derives  its  name,  has  been  explored  to  any  con- 
siderable extent.  TKis  outcrop  is  along  tl|e 
shoulder  of  a  hill  dropping  into  a  swamp  at  , 
eitlier  end.  In  the  other  vtins,  we  have,  ample 
ground  for  extending  operations  in  the  futui^, 
and  will^oubtless  be  able  in  time  to  supply  ore 
for  our  mill  from  a  number  of  shafts.  On*  one 
vein  many  tons  op^illable  ore  already  lie  ex- 
posed by  action  of  the  elements,  and  need  only 
transportation  to  the  mill. 


WATER  POWER. 

An  application  has  been  filed  with  the  On- 
tario Government  for  the  right  to  control  flie 
water  of  Caribou  River  and  develop  power  for 
use  on  this  property  and  elsewhere,  and  such , 
right  will  be  granted  as  soon  as  the  i:ompany  is 
prepared  to  develop  the  power. 

Under'this  concession,  at  very  small  expense, 
a  fall  of  sixty  feet  can  be  made  available  upon  a 


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stream  drawing  from  a  watershed  of  about  250 
square  miles ;  while  there  can  also  be  held  in 
reserve,  above  this  head,  an  available  amount 
of  water  equal  to  six  feet  iii  depth  over  about 
fifteen  square  miles.  In  this  way,  ample  and 
permanent  power  for  all  \ises  on  this  and  other 
properties  will  be  assured  for  all  time  at  a  nom- 
inal cost. 

The  location  of  the  falls  is  near  the  present 
point  of  .mininfr  development,  which  will  elim- 
inate any  problem  irf  transmission. 

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TIMBER  GRANT. 

The  mining  locations  of  the  company  are  well 
wooded,  and  will  supply  fuel  and  mine  timber 
for  a  long  time.  Besides  this  timber  and  lum- 
ber supply,  the  company  has  also  secured  a 
timber  grant  for  mining  purposes  on  Deer  Lake 
furnishing  ample  quantities  of  excellent  pine' 
so  situated  that  it  can  l)e  floated  to  Caribou  Falls 
and  there  manufactured  by  water  power  within 
a  short  distance  of  our  camp. 


EXPERT  REPORTS. 

Rat  Portage,  Ont.,  August  17,  1900. 
Messrs.,  The  Directors  oe  the 
Nino  Goi.d  Mining  Company 
bueeai.0,  n.  y. 

(irntletncn  : 

In  accordance  with  the  instructions  contained 
in  your  letter  of  the  4th  inst.,  to  visit  and  make 
a  report  on  the  Nino  Mine,  I  now  beg  to  subm^it 
the  result  of  my  investigation,  with  assays  I 
also  append  two  plans  that  will  show  at  a  glance 
where  the  samples  were  taken,  and  also  the 
general  run  of  the  veins,  etc. 

Locality  :  The  freehold  of  the  property  con- 
sists of  the  two  locations,  J.  E.  S.,  93.  and 
J.  E.  S.,  110,  of  fifty-one  ami  sixty  acres  re- 
spectively. 


GKOI.OGY  :    I  need  not  dwell  on   this  point 
Ijeyortd  saying  that  the   formation  is  eruptive 
Kranite  with  intrusions  of  porphyry  and  trap, 
the    former    comprising,  '  approximately,    the 
mid<lle  half  of  the>two  locations  and  running 
east  and  west.     In  this  band  is  situated  the  No. 
I,  or  Nino,  Vein,  on  which  most  work  has  been 
done  ;  but  there  are  a  number  of  other  veins 
that  will,  I  am  of  opinion,  well  repay  a  certain 
amount  of  exploiting,  especially  a  band  of  five 
veins  crossing  the  line  between  the  two  loca-, 
tions ;  these  are  running  parallel  and  more  or 
less  east  an.l  west,  varying  in  size  on  surface 
from  nine  inches  to  two  feet  wide.    The  country 
IS  in  every  way  favorable  to  Uie  occurrence  aL. 
gold,  and  that  this  is  the  case,  especially  (Q 
J.  E.  S.,  93,  is  demonstrated  by -the  fact  that 
pannings  made  of  the  soil  from  the  top  of  the 
Nino  Vein  all  show  gold,  the  result  of  Nature's 
concentration.     Notably  is  this  the  case  in  the 
sample  No.  14  that  I  took  from  the  top  of  the 
vein  seven  feet  east  of  shaft.     I  panned  an  egg- 
cup  full  and  the  result  was  so  surprising  that  I 
had  an  assay  made.  No.  14  ;  this  gave  I50.62  per 
ton  ;   in  fact,  for  a  distance   120  feet  north  of 
shaft  and  150  feet  south,  the  ground  is  covered 
with  small  stringers  and  splashes  of  quartz  rich 
in  gold.*    I  mention  these  facts  simply  to  show 
how  lavish  Nature  hAs  been  on  the  surface,  and 
I  think  it  only  fair  to  assume  tliat  the  yellow 
metal  will  also  be  found  beneath,  in  more  or    " 
less  varying  quantities. 

Nino  Vkin  :  This  vein  runs  east  and  west 
in  the  granite,  parallel  with  the  contact  of  the 
trap,  from  which  it  is  distant  about  100  feet.  A 
prospecting  shaft  has  been  sunk  on  the  vein  to 
a  depth  of  123  feet ;  the  quartz  varying  in  width 
between  good  walls  from  four  feet  to  one  foot 
six  inches;  the  vein  is  dipping  north  on  an 


M 


a  rir'h°.'^„"'i'  '*  "'""'d  anpcaf  that  the  Nino  Vein  is  lilce 
a  rich  pay  strralc  in  a  helt  of  Bold-hearinif  rock  «n  fit? 

^wide^I  of  whici,  i«  likejyjo^  Av/^^ 


Nif  o  Co. 


average,  approximately,  of  from  30°  to  40°  from 
the  \'ertical.  At  the  depth  of  seventy-two  feet 
from  the  surface,  a  level  has  been  driven  east 
thirty-two  feet,  the  quartz  having  an  average 
width  of  three  feet  six  inches;  another  level 
was  driven  west  twenty-four  feet,  with  quartz 
averaging  three  feet  wide.  The  vein  outcrops 
boldly  on  the  surface  to  the  west  for  a  distance 
of  2.50  chains  ( 165  feet),  varying  in  width  from 
five  feet  at  the  shaft  to  one  foot  where  it  dis- 
appears in  hill  and  under  swamp  seventy-two 
feet  below.  On  the  east  side  it  crops  out  for  a 
distance  of  3.25  chains  (215  feet),  varying  in 
width  from  four  feet  at  shaft  to  four  feet  six 
inches  where  it  disappears  in  swamp,  prior,  I 
believe,  to  appearing  on  the  opposite  hill,  about 
fifty  feet  above  swamp ;  here  the  vein  is  three 
feet  wide,  and  I  obtained  several  sijecimens 
showing  visible  feold.  At  the  base  of  this  hill, 
a  tunnel  or  adit  has  been  run  in  on  the  vein  for 
seventy  feet. 

Before  leaving  the  Nino  Vein,  I  wish  to  draw 
your  attention  to  a  vein  of  pyritous  schist,  about 
seven  feet  wide,  lying  inmiediately  between  the 
granite  and  the  trap;  this  has  imbedded  in  it 
small  stringers  of  quartz,  some  of  the  latter 
was  panned  in  my  presence  and  showed  gold  ; 
but  my  sample  No.  13,  taken  across  the  lead  on 
surface,  failed  to  show  more  than  a  trace.  Still, 
I  incline  to  think  that  with  depth  something 
will  be  found,  as  I  expect,  from  the  dip  of  Uie 
Nino  Vein,  a  jujjction  of  the  two  will  occur, 
and  that  the  trap  will  eventually  form  one  of 
the  walls  of  the  vein. 

Assays:  Owing  to  the  timbering,  and  tor- 
rential rain,  I  was  unable  to  take  samples  from 
sides  of  shaft,  and  was,  therefore,  comiielled  to 
make  use  of  your  assay  record,  kindly  placed 
at  my  disposal  by  the  manager;  as  there  was 
nothing  exceptionally  high,  except  letter  "  D," 
they  may  be  accepted  without  demur  ;  the  cause 
of  this  high  assay  may  l)e  accounted  for,  as  in 
the  case  of  my  No.  10,  by  the  occurrence  of  a^ 


I 


=^ 


resB  is  in  the  air.  and,  in  proverbial  phraseoloKy,  "We 
must  take  the  season  when  it  scrvts  or  lose  our  venture." 
Our  natural  resources  are  enormous —  wheat,  cattle, 
forest  products,  horses,  minerals  and  men.  We  are 
hound  by  loyalty  and  affection  more  closely  than  most 
people  imagine  to  the  Mother  Country,  and  all  are 
inspired  by  that  laudable  ambition  of  seeini,'  a  solid  and 
impregnable  British  Empire,. 

The  following  references  to  the  Nino  Mine  is 
made  in  the  Toronto  (ilobc  of  July  4,  1900: 


I 


i^' 


..'•gia.t  JftEmeraon  jV\ 


£.  Aipoit 


e/.; 


^'fes^^ 


^raDil;fi*pldii\ 


!ll»klniinVjiUL_'   X''^"    Vi 


^ 


'■ucraoo 


iMihr 


Vuia 


S^*""V 


'«*tbnd 

—     I  T1  1      l^^l'fVg'A 


linnieiNburg 

i«ux  Ciiy 


luiiluf 


Rac 

PoK 
aAi>F 


*|ai]ffviJ 


tiiNctri.]^ 


iNebil 


Curl  VHiey  ej 
Jiliiitla 
pounoll  Blufj 


^VjBton    A 

lIuloB. 


^l 


lOttw 


rich  spot,  always  likaely  to  occur  in  this  district. 
Your  as^^s  are  lettered  from  A  to  h  in  the  table 
appended,  and  mine  figured  No.  i  to  14  ;  these, 
compared  with  the  corresponding  numbers  and  f 
letters  on  plans,  will  show  at  a  glance  where 
taken.  > 

Ore  in  Sight  and  on  Dump:  I  estimate 
this,  approximately,  to  be  i  ,000,  tons,  and  the 
average  value  I9.50. 

Mii,i< :  The  position  is  an  ideal  one  for  the 
erection  of  a  mill,  being  on  the  shore  of  two 
lakes  ;  there  is  a  large  supply  of  fine  timber  of 
all  kinds  on  the  locations,  suitable  for  mining, 
building  and  fuel,  for  many  years.  Should  this 
fail  at  any  time,  or  should  it  Ije  preferred  to 
adopt  electricity  as  the  motive  power,  there  is  a 
fine  waterfall  about  a  mile  and  a  half^iway Ihat 
could  be  secured  and  would  be  ample 
for  all  purposes. 

Buildings  :  These  consist  of  an 
eating  house  and  kitchen,  sleep- 
ing camp  for  twenty-four  men, 
manager's  room  and  office, 
assay  office,  smithy,  stable 
and  ice  house. 

Summary  :  I  am  of  opin 
ion  that  you  have  a  valuaol 
•  property,  there  being  in 
addition  to  the  No.  i  Vei 
a  number  of  others  of  a 
distinctly    promising    ap- 
pearance,   and   there    are 
more  yet  to  be  found,  I  expe 
on  J.  E.  S.,  no.     The  work 
done  on  the  Nino    Vein, 
the  consistent  character  of 
the  vein  matter  from  the  top 
to  the  bottom  of  the  shaft, 
is  satisfactory ;  and,  taken, 
with  the  general  run  of  the:  , 
assays,  goes    far   toward^ 
establishing  the  value    a 
permanency  of  the  vein,  and' 


Ore  Dump  — Nino  I 


V 


rict. 
able 
lese, 
and  9 
liere 

late 
the 

the 
two 
rof 

ing. 
this 
1  to 
is  a 
:hat 


^PPly  justifies  a  more  extensive  outlay.  With 
regard  to  the  work  of  the  future,  I  strongly 
adyise  you  to  lose- no  time  in  sinking  the  present 
shaft  so  as  to  get  well  below  the  valley  or  bot- 
tom of  swamp.  To  do  this,  a  slteam  hoist  is 
essential,  and  the  boiler  should  be  of  sufficient 
size  to  supply  air  drills,  if  adopted  later  on. 

Every  eflfort  should"  be  made  to  locate  the 
Nino  Vein  as  it  -feaves  the  swamp  and  enters 
the  hill  on  the  east,  whejre  I  found  visible  goM 
in  a  thrfee-foot  vein. 

Attention  should  also  be  given  to  the  five 
parallel  veins  south  of  this,  as  the  .chances  are 
that,  with  depth,  they  will  unite  ;  possibly,  the 
cheapest  way  to  do  this  would  be  to  crossfciU 
them  by  a  tunnel  at  foot  of  bluflf,  about  si.xty 
feet  below  top  of  hill. 

In  conclusion,  from  the  useful  work  you  have 
''already  done  on  the  Nino  Vein,  and  the  gen- 


i    U&-i./v<'»r-7'.'!j''lif'J.'A>>.it 


1 
eral  satisfactorj-  nature  of  the  assays,  you  could 
not  wish  for  nijore  honest  inducement  to  carry 
on  operations.  '  "t 


on  operations 

Yciurs  faithfully, 
[Signed. J   ;  \VM. 


BECK, 
Engineer. 


ASSAYS  FROM  NINO  VEIN. 


Sample 
No. 


I. 

2. 
3. 
4- 

c. 

b. 

7- 


ce. 


Value 
per  ton. 

.  S  2.o6 

2.86 

6.20 

•    10.30 
5.96 


10! 


Across  roof  of  I  east  level  at  mouth, 
.Across  roof  of  least  level  at  10  feet  distance, 
Across  roof  of  least  level  at  20  feet  distance. 
•Across  roof  of  jcast  level  at  30  feet  distance, 
.Across  hreast  o^  east  level  at  32  feet  distanc 
.Across  roof  of  Wst  level  at  month.     ...  3  ,0 

Across  roof  of  >lest  level  at  10  feet  distance,  2  70 
•Across  roof  of  viiest  level  at  20  feet  distance!  '.  i  03 
Across  breast  of  West  level  at  24  feet  distance,  1.60 
Selected  ore  fron  about  five  feet  of  bottom  of 

s''a't.    ■     •    •         4237 

Average  sample  ajlong  outcrop^insj  of  vein  for 

325  chains  east.l ..'...         268; 

.Average  sample  alontj  outcropping  of  vein  for 

2.50  chains  west.i ,jj  .^ 

•Average  sample  fi*pm  vein  of  schiSt,  100  feet 

north  of  shaft,  h^  the  contact trace. 

FerriginoHS  earth  irom   top  of  quartz.  7  (eet 

east  of  shaft.    .\ ^^^^ 

6  feet  from  top  of  slia^ft.  average  value  per  ton,  6  3b 
18  feet  from  top  of  sha\ft,  average  value  per  ton,  6  20 
28  feet  6  inches  from  tdp  of  shaft,  average  value 

""'on \ 966 

36  feet  from  top  of  shaf^  average  value  of  three 

samples \ ^^^ 

K.    fi  feet  frdm  top  of  shaft\ average  value  of  four 
samples 
55  feet  frofti  top  ol  shaft. 

samples, 
64  feet  from  top  of  shaft.  a\*erage  value  of  four 

''"'"D'es ,32 

64  feet,  a  selected  sample  value  per  ton    .    .    .     60.00 
90  feet  6  inches    from   top  of  shaft,  average 

value  per  ton 15  8c 

lot  feet  from  top  of  shaft,  average  value  per  ton 
1 10  feet  from  top  of  shaft,  average  value  per  ton 
115  feet  from  top  ol  shaft,  average  value  per  ton 


13. 


•A. 
B. 
C. 

D. 


F. 


II. 


Iiverage  value  of  two 


.50 


3.75 


K. 


3.S8 
4.00 
2.00 
4.00 

wIln^JL*!^  understood  that  all  visible  gold  is  excluded 
|0m  samples  taken  for  assay.  Nino  Co. 


L.   123  feet  from  top  of  shaft,  average  value  per  ton 


\) 


Rat  Portagk,  Ont.,  August  13,  1900. 

Thos.W.  Gi.eason.  Esq.,  Manager, 
Great  Granite  Goi.d  Mining 
&-I>EviH.oPMENT  Company,  ok 
Ontario,  Ltd. 

DearSh^    ,  *         , 

111  comp^nce  with  your  letter  of  instruction' 
of  August  I,  1900,  requesting  me  to  make  a  re- 
poTt  to  you  on  the  mining  property  said  c6m- 
pany  has  been  developing  to  some  extent  since 
February  ist  of  the  present  year,  viz  :  Minjng 
Locations,  J.  E.  S.,  93,  and  J.  E.  S.,  no,  District 


\) 


of  Rainy  River,  Province  of  Ontario,  the  rollow- 
ing  IS  respectfully  submitted  : 

As  you  are  fully  aware  of  the  route  by  which 
the  property  is  approached  and  »he  main  topo^ 
Kraph.cal   features  surroundini^  il,  I   will   not 
touch  upon  that  point  more  than  lo  inform  you  , 
that  I  am  now  having  a  wagon  road  prospected 
direct  from  Sturgeon  Lake  to  the  property  •  its 
length  Avill  be,  approximately,  four  miles,  and  it 
will  run  from  the  camp  nearly  a  southwesterly 
course  direct  to  the  east  end  of  Sturgeon  Lake 
vvhere  connection  will  be  made  with  the  Frazer 
Line  of  steamboats.     I  think  this  will  be  a  great 
improvement   on    the    present   method  of  ap- 
proaching the  property  and  will  result  in  a  con-     . 
siderable  saving  i„  the  operating  expenses  of  ■ 
tJie  company. 

Veins  on  the  Property  :    There  are  to  be 
seen  on  the  property  not  less  thanVwelve  dis- 
tinct veins,  eight  of  which  occur  in  the  porphy- 
,ntic  granite  and  the  remainder  in  the  slate  and      * 
trap  rocks.   All  the  veins  occurring  in  the  granite 
have  a  strike  nearly  east  and  west,  approxi- 
inately  paralleling  the  line  of  contact  between 
the  granite  and  trap,  and  dipping  at  various 
angles  towards  the  contact  to  the  north.    Those 
veins  m  the  trap  liave  a  northeasterly  and  south- 
westerly strike,  an<f  seem  to  dip  to  the  southeast 
to  the  contact  also.    Immediately  in  the  contact 
occurs  a  barid  of  sheared  slate,  eight  to  ten  feet 
wide  containingv  Stringers  of  auriferous  quartz 
winch  pan  always  very  freely.     In  addition  to     *- 
the  veins  above  enumerated,  there  occurs  in  the 
granite,  about  125  to  150  feet  south  of  what  is 
called  No.  i  Vein,  a  series  of  quartz  stringers 
paralleling  said  No.  ,  Vein  and  dipping  at  an 
angle  of  ^  towards  Vein  No.  i ;  these  stringers 
are  generally  highly  auriferous  and  invariably 
pail  gold  freely,  assays  a*  Wglm^ji  ,676  to  the 
ton  in  gold  having  been  obtained 

DEVELOPMBNT :  The  development  work  done 
consists  in  the  sinking  of  a  shaft  ,23  feet,  and 
'Irifting  tlurty-two  feet  and  twenty-four  feet 


east  and  west  respectively  on  Vein  No.  i,  the 
drift  being  at  a  depth  of  seventy-three  feet 

On^Vein  No.  2.  a.n  adit  has  been  driven  about 
seventy  feet.  ^ 

The  work  on  No.  i  Vein  lias  proven  it  to  be 
a  strong,  well-defined,  persistent  quartTArein 
enclosed  between  well-defined  free  porphyritic 
granite  walls.  The  chute  of  ore  has  the  ap- 
pearance of  dipping  to  the  east  at  a  flat  incli- 
nation, which  I  believe  is  typi<ral  of  all  proven 
ore  chutes  m  the  Lake  of  the  Woods  District 
The  values  I  have  from  time  to  time  reported  to 
you,  and  a  supimary  of  which  shows  the  aver- 
age of  eighty-three   assays,  made  of  samples 

•       ^„r,    L^™."'^^"'"  ^^''•^"ffl^out  the  drifts 
and  shaft  and  from  the  surface  for  a  length  of 
^70  feet,  to  liave  been  $7.20  in  gold  per  ton  ;  the 
■  avehige  width  of    the  vein  from   which  said 

samples  were  taken   being  estimated  at  three 
feet  nine  inches.     I  may  say  that  at  no  time  in 
this  vein   liave  we  been  confronted   with   the 
^  problem  of  hunting  for  a  lost  vein 

The  work  on  Vein  No.  2  has  proven  it  to  be 
vvery  tortuous,  both  vertically  and  horizontally 
^.rnuch  so,  tliat  the  adit  was  driven  for  a  ««d 
portion  of  the  distance  oflf  the  vein,  and  it  re- 
mains for  a  crosscut  to  be  made  to  prove  the 
vein  at  all  points  at  this  depth.  The  values  to  . 
be  obtained  from  this  vein  show  the  average  of 

width  of  three  feet  and  an  exposed  lengtli  gf 
150  feet,  the  west  end  of  the  vein,  where  it  is 
strongest,  running  into  a  swamp;  the  strike 
and  dip  of  the  vein  vary  somewhat  from  the 
other  veins  in  the  granite,  its  strike  being,  ap- 
proximately, northwest  and  southeast,  with  an 
apparent  dip  of  45°;  it  apparently  forms  a  junc- 
tion  with  No.  I  Vein  in  the  aforesaid  swamp 

From  the  showings  already  obtained  by  de- 
velopment work,  and  from  the  surface  showings 
of  veins  upon  which  no  work  lias  been  done   I 

Z^J^^^^:'^^J^J^  prospects  Of 


-.^— o.v,..  i,„i  uic  prospects  of 
=^velepmgr  a  paynig^iise  are  oT  tlie  brightesT; 


<. 


jjitf.l... 


and  I  know  of  no  other  property  in  the  district, 
with  the  same  or  a  less  amount  of  development 
vnork  done  on  it,  that  promises  better. 

The  locations  and  surrounding  country  are 
well  wooded  with  mine  timber  and  fuel,  and,  in 
addition,  at  a  distance  of  one  mile  and  a  half 
from  the  property,  there  is  situated  a  water 
power  which  can  very  cheaply  be  developed, 
and  will  produce  200  horse-power  every  day  in 
the  year ;  and  I  estimate  that,  in  the  mining 
and  milling  of  ores,  by  utilizing  this  power  in- 
stead of  steam  power,  fifty  cents  saving  per  ton 
can  be  obtained. 

I  would  adVise  putting  machinery  on  the 
property  at  once,  as  the  development  work  is 
too  far  {idvanced  for  liand  labor.  / 

[Signed.]  S.  H., REYNOLDS, 

Engineer  to  the  Great  Granite  Gold 
Mining  &  Development  Company. 

From  the  foregoing  statements,  it  will  Ije 
seen  that  the  proposition  which  is  being  worked 
out  by  this  company  is  a  peculiarly  favorable 
one.  Namely  :  A  large  body  of  rich  ore  easily 
milled,  situated  conveniently  for  mining,  with 
all  the  accessories  of  cheap  operation,  water,  fuel, 
dnd  power  already  at  liand  at  minimum  cost. 

Seventy-five  per  cent,  of  the  value  of  ore  at 
present  in  sight  should  be  profit  above  cost  of 
mining  and  milling. 

Assays  and  pannings  of  ore  from  this  prop- 
erty, made  by  disinterested  persons  at  various 
times,  fully  substantiate  the  foregoing  estimates 
of  value. 

In  presenting  this  property  for  the  considera- 
tion of  investors,  we  do  so  with  full  confidence 
in  its  great  value  and  the  practicability  of 
making  it  a  profit-paying  proposition  almost 
immediately  upon  being  equipped  with  ma- 
chinery. 

^'  THE  NINO  MINING  COMPANY,  " 

,  LIMITED. 


APPENDIX. 

THE  MINERAL  RESOURCES  OF  CENTRAL  CAN- 
ADA AND  SOUTH  AFRICA  COMPARED. 
1  Reprinted  from  the  Manhoba  Free  Press. 

Following  is  an  a4dre8s  given  at  the  City  Hall  by  Mr 
F.  H  Malcolm  (late  President  of  the  Johannesburg  Dia- 
mond Boring  and  Development  Co.,  Ltd.,)  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Central  Canada  Chamber  of  Mines : 

From  published  statistics  it  will  be  noted  that  the 
Transvaal  ores  are  low  grade,  averaging  only  6Ji  dwts.  to 
he  ton  over  the  plates,  in  value  slightly  under  S6  per 
ton  The  mines  are  deep,  averaging  2.500  feet,  some  ex- 
ceeding 4,000  feet,  before  the  reef  is  reached.  Water  is 
also  scarce. 

The  cost  of  constructirtk  these  immense  dams  average 
about  SSoo.ooo.  and  sinking  and  equipping  a  shaft  to  that 
depth  about  8250,000,  or  «75o.ooo  in  all  has  to  be  spent  be- 
fore they  are  on  the  same  basis  as  a  Canadian  out-crop 
mine,  when  the  first  pick  is  put  into  the  ground 

SThe  Transvaal  reefs  average  ten  feet  in  thickness     In 
anada  a  fair  average  reef  is  four  feet,  but  many  run  in 

f  !r«,"''i°'^"""  ^"'-  ^^"'"f^  «'"'""  'rom  Lake 
of  he  Woods  mmes  n^w  working  would  give  about  $14 
to  the  ton.  some  much  higher  results.  Large  out-crop  ' 
dykes  returning  85  per  ton  upwards  are  common  in  On- 
tario, which  might  be  worked  as  quarries.  The  cost  of 
mining  and  milling  the  latter  with  modern  appliances 
(as  on  the  Rand)  should  not  exceed  «i.5o  per  ton 

Labor  is  considerably  higher  in  Africa,  averaging  for 

and  found.  All  necessaries  of  life  are  much  more  ex- 
pensive m  Africa,  and  a  workman's  three-roomed  cottage 
cannot  be  obtained  in  Johanne.burg  Under  «35  per  month 

Transvaal  mines  are  highly  capitalized,  but  not  more 
than  wenty  percent,  of  nominal  capital  has  been  pro- 
vided in  cash  in  working  capital,  yet,  notwithstanding  this 
the  dividends  are  lar,fe,  as  will  be  observed  from  statis- 
tics. The  dividends  (average  sixty-seven  per  cent,  per 
annum)  are  paid  also  upon  vendors'  shares  which  equal 
about  eighty  per  cent,  of  the  whole  nominal  capitaliza- 
7^\  "if  *''*  P"*^"*  P'^'=«  *>'  "hares  in  Europe,  not- 
withstanding the  war,  average  about  370  per  cent  pre- 
mium, the  highest  being  Rand  Mines,  Ltd.,  whose  £1 
shares  now  (even  in  war  time)  stand  at  £38  on  London 
stock  Exchange. 

Both  Transvaal  and  Central  Canada  ore  are  free  mill- 
ing, and  these  remarks  apply  to  over-plate  yields  only  (in 
both  cases),  for  the  reason  that  few  Canadian  mines  are 
equipped  with  modern  cyanide  or  other  processes  for 
extraction  of  residues  from  tailings,  slimes,  etc.,  which 
would  probably  increase  yields  about  thirty-five  per  cent 
as  in  the  Transvaal.  '' 


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Tcln.  Width  of  TeiD  wherelldli»,,,«r. 
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flora  end  to  iiheft  i.  4  ft.  8  in.  A  Ters(e 
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There  is  no  doubt  whatever  that  the  mines  ot  Central 
Canida  are  j;reatly  superior  to  any  vet  knowii  in  South 
Africa,  both  in  extent,  size  o(  ore  bodv,  and  ^rado  of  ore 
1  he  conditions  and  facilities  for  economical  working  are 
creatly  in  favor  of  Canada,  both  in  respect  to  cost  of 
labor,  abundance  of  water  power,  cheapness  of  provi- 
sions, accessibility  through  regular  railway  communica- 
tion in  all  directions,  and  tlie  important  fact  that  the  reefs 
are  payable  almost  from  the  surface,  as  has  been  abun- 
danHy  proved  by  the  few  mines  now  working  at  the  Lake 
of  the  Woods  and  other  centers,  where,  with  the  most 
primitive  appliances,  highly  encoura^iiiK  result?  are  even 
now  beinK-achieved. 

The  total  white  population  of  ,South  Africa  never  ex- 
ceeded 500.000  persons,  the  noUi  fields  beinj;  distant  and 
difficult  of  access.  Compare  this  with  the  central  posi- 
tion of  Canada,  with  prohably  80,000.000  of  people  on  the 
American  continent  south  of  us,  and  about  350.000000  in 
Europe,  all  within  ren  days  reach  of  the  Central  Canadian 
gold  fields.  Many  of  the.se  (esj.ecially  those  who  have 
made  money  throujjh  niininj;  investments  elsewhere) 
would  undoubtedly  invest,  if  they  knew  of  the  existence 
of  these  mines,  a  fractional  percentage  of  which  will  suf- 
fice to  place  Canada  on  a  satisfactory  basis  as  a  gold-pro- 
ducing  center,  and  cannot  fail  to  prove  advantageous  to 
Canada  as  a  whole,  and  theyreat  expansion  of  population 
and  commerce  jsenerally.     , 

GOLD  FIELD."^. 

Kxlract  from  the  Can.i.li.in  (lovernnieni  (;,ii<-tte. 
The  Gold  Fields  of  Central  Canada  are  very  extensive 
the  quartz  reefs  beinn  situated  principally  in  the  Pro- 
vinces of  Ontario  and  Manitoba,  in  the  hilly  region  on  the 
shores  of  the  Lake>f  the  Woods,  also  Lakes  .Manitoba 
and  Winnipeg. 

The  ore  bodies  are  large.  clearly-deHiied  fissure  veins 
of  free-milling  high-grade  ores  and  ot  great  extent,  cover-  ' 
ing  some  350  by  150  m ties  in  area. 

In  certain  locaJitjes. there  are  immense  bodies  of  low- 
grade  ore,  running'  uj)  to  150  feet  and  over  in  widtli,  at  the 
surface,  and  of^unknown  depth  ;  5  to  10  dwts.  ,)er  ton  mill 
returns  from  trial  crushings  are  common  averages;  these 
reefs  could  be  worked  as  quarries  at  small  cost,  and  should 
in  the  near  future  yield  important  results. 

Unlimited  water  power  is  available  throughout  the 
whole  district,  fuel  is  plentiful,  ajid  other  facilities  are 
all  that  can  be  desired  for  extensive  mining  operations. 

At  I)resent,  development  is  only  in  its  infancy:  but  as 
the  railway  now  passes  through  this  region,  important 
results  are  anticipated  in  the  near  future. 

Some  of  the  pioneer  mines,  with  primitive  appliances, 
have  proved  highly  productive,  and  the  reefs  increase  in 
size,  grade  and  uniformity  as  depth  is  attained. 


The  followinji;  i«  quoted  from  an  address  of 
Mr.  Allan  Sullivaii  to  the  shareholders  of  the 
Anglo-Caiiadia6  Company  in  London  : 

I  should  like  to  make  a  few  preliminary  observations  as 
to  the  gold  tji-lds  of  the  Lake  of  the  Woods  and  Kain; 
Riverdistricts.  Their  area  is,at.proximatelv,6o.ooo.squar.- 
miles,  an  extent  of  country  400  miles  long  bv  150  wide 
lying  directly  northwest  of  Lake  Superior  and  between 
that   magnificent   body  of  water  and  Winnipeg,  which 
latter  place  may  be  said  to  be  the  begiiviing  of  the  |,rai- 
ne  country  of  the  West.    This  region  is  traversed  along 
Its  northern  edge  by  the  main  line  of  the  Canadian  I'acitic 
Railway,  and  there  is  at  present  under  construction  an- 
other independent  line,  called  the  Ontario  &  RainyKiver 
Railway,  which  practically  bisects  it  from  end  to  end 
1  he  district  has  an  unrivaled  waterway,  consisting  of  a 
maze  of  lakes  and  navigable  rivers  stretching  for  hun- 
dreds of  miles.     For  instance.  I  can  leave  Rat  I'ortage 
on  the  Lake  of  the  Woods,  which  is  the  point  where  the 
Canadian  Pacific  Railway  touches  that  lake,  anti  take  a 
steamer  of  400  tons  burden  and  proceed  for  180  miles  •  1 
can  then  take  another  steamer  and  proceed  another  sev- 
enty miles,  after  which  canoes  are  utilized.    The  ground 
%vliere  hare  rock  exposures  do  not  occur,  is  covered  with' 
a  dense  growth  of  pine  and  spruce  and  other  merchant- 
able timber.    The  most  attractive  feature  of  the  district 
.    IS.  of  course,  its  auriferous  belt.    This  I  find  somewhat 
hard  to  describe,  because  this  whole  enormous  tract  may 
be  said  to  compose  this  auriferous  belt.    Wherever  you 
go.  m  any  part  of  it.  there  are  out-cropping  reefs  varying 
from  one  foot  to  400  feet,  and  my  personal  estimate  is 
that  hfty  per  cent,  of  these  reefs  carry  gold  in  appreciable 
quantities.    This  high   percentage   is  no  exaggeration 
and  1  venture  to.  say.it  is  unparalleled  in  any  other  part 
of  the  globe.    There  has  been  a  great  deal  of  volc-inic 
disturbance  throughout  the  district,  to  which  fact  1  attrib- 
,  ute  Its  auriferous  qualities.     .Ml  along  and  near  the  edge 
of  the  contacts   bounding  the  eruptive   points  gold   is 
found  -sometimes  in  reefs  of  outcropping  quartz,  some- 
times in  dykes  or   bands  of   schistose   rocks,   through 
.which  the  solution  carrying  gold  values  has  percolated 
with  extraordinary  uniformity. 

I  do  not  consider  rliat  the  future  of  the  district  lies  so 
much  in  the  treatment  of  the  quartz  reefs,  which  vary  in 
size  from  two  feet  to  si^feet  and  in  value  from  10  dwt  to 
15  dvit..  as  m  the  winning  of  gold  from  these  large  dykes 
where  the  markinal  /rofit,  while  not  so  great,  may  be  " 
counted  upon  as  absolutely  certain.     I  myself  have  seen 
these  dykes  300  feet  wide,  with  an  average  value  of  6  Swt 
where,  under  conditions  due  to  available  water-power' 
the  cost  of  treatment  should  not  exceed  3  dwt.    In  an  o^if 
body  of  this  nature  a  verj-  small  apiount  of  development  '» 
.work  16  necessary  to  prove  the  existence  of  a  very  lar^.e 


V, 


l.ody  of  payable  stone.  As  the  result  ol  the  wear.n,- 
down  hy«lac,al  action,  the  present  surface  of  the  countrv 
s  from  600  feet  to,8oo  fee.  at  least  helow  the  original  sur- 

th  !'.>m        .'"^^"'^^'«^!l!"  '"'''^'-  "'=''  Nature  has  don- 

h,s  amount  of  proslT?t^fcr  us.  and  at  500  feet  helow 

the  present  surface.  I  haVseen  reefs  whfcl  amply  j  I  i," 

aTi^n'T  l""','""^  '°  '"°^'  ^"'-"'>-  carr'vdownt 
hor  ?o  H     r     '""'•     ''""'"''''  ""'"  """^^  '"  '"e  nei«l,. 
,  .     borhood  of  our  prosp.rctin»j   ri.-hts.  the  Sultana,  at  400 

a  m>ll  test  of  several  tons  hroken  across  this  face  rea'ieed 
over  30  dwt.  per  ton.  The  M  ikado.  at  .50  feet,  is  i,.  s  k'n 
dKi  condition,  with  a  reef  of  considerable  mat^nftude  and 
."OS,    unmistakable    value.    The   Foley,  at  400' fe^'.K^ 

rr'l  '^r"^'"*-' ••■""'  •"'■  '^"-•-  ="  ^  feet,  has  about 
,  200  feet  thickness  of  ore.  which  should  return  them  sood 
profits  over  the  plates  ;  while  the  Ila.nu.ond  Reef  has  an 
ore  tody  400  feet  wide  and  about  half  a  mile  long,  whic 
Has  been  proved  to  a  depth  of  seventy-five  feet  and  has  a 
.value  equal  to  the  Olive.    These  are  irrefutable  f*ts 

wl  o  w  llTw'"?,"'  '■'  "'"'"  -^t'onstration  to  anyone 

who  «,  1   take  the  time  and  trouble  ,0  look  at   then 

[Hear,  hear. J    The  depth  of  sur*4ce    _V, 
I     disturbance  does  not,  as  a  rul 
^  extend  beyond  100  feet. 

A  point  to  which  I  particu-    • 
arly  desire  to  draw  your  aP  y, 

tention  is  the  purity  of  our  ^ 

ores.    They  do  not  contain 

talc,  which  causes  slimes  and 

loss    of    value,  or   arsenic, 

which  sickens  mercui'y  and     , 

prevents  ,  amjiljjamation  ;     '^ 

neither  do  they  contain  aiM»  *" 

appreciable  amount  of    J 

eopiier,   which   prevents 

economical  extraction  by  v 
cyanide.    What  this  m«W), 
can  best.,  perhaps,  be  re^ 
,     ized  by  those  who  atg  ai 
'   present  wrestling  with 
problem    of    extraction 
from    sulphide   ores    in 
other  parts  of   the  trlobe. 
Our   labor  conditions ,  ar( 
most  fayorable.    T^ere  is 
abundant  supply  of  .«iH 
labor  at  a  cost  of  81.75  to  > 
S2.00  per  day.    This    is 
very   cheap   when   coml_ 
pared   to    labor  in   British 
Columbia,  where  it  costs  S3.50.  ?' 
The  erection  of  a  plant  of  mach 
ery  is  also  most  reasonable,  owln 


our  transportation  facilities     Our  percentage  of  e'xtra.  -' , 
fon  IS  hiK-h,  owin,  ,„  the  simple  nature  of  'he  ores      1, 

e.:  c*:  d  r"  "r ''-''  •-  --"'>•  -^  "-■  ••■•'"  "" 

txtra.t.d  by  amal;:amation,  the  remaining;  twentv  per 
-nt.  by  cyanide:  that  is  to  sa,.  in  our^rdinarv  ores  ' 
btheve  a  total  extraction  of  from  eiVhtv-five  ,0  nim-iv 

> '  I!laTandV;""v°'"''"'''  "''"  "  '""'^''"  ''"''  economilai  • ' 

planVand  canidin;:  is  practically  rendered  unneces,ai<^ 
lJi.nn«-winter   time  our  shafts  are  absolutely  dry  V 

:;.''r"n"''"r"'^"-  ^^  ■"• -^-rd  to  thi.s.  i  w„j,  ' 

'     t  /  '■'"'   "'•     '"   ""'  ""■"   ^•■'■•*^--   our   shaft 

makes   just   enough   water    ,0    keep    the    bftiler    «oi„, 

months^    I  he  water  ,s  >Vli«ht1y  warmed  as  it  enters  the 
n.,  1   and  not  the  sli.hte,,  dilhcultv  is  experienced  e  t 
^  .h  the  free.in,  of  pipe#or  in  amalgamation. 

Ihere  is   no  more  profitable  (ield  for  KnulisI,  rapit  ,h»' 
endi't't  V'""';-     "   ""'   ""-""^    '""'   ...one     tber.?'       f 
of  «reat  developments  atidprosperitv;   ttj,- spirit  ol  pro.- 


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ri'ss  is  in  the  air.  and.  in  proverbial  p».i««ni(iu«-.-  "We 
niusl  take  the  season  when  it  serves  or  lose  uut  ,«ii»arp  " 
Our  natural  resources  are  enormous —  wheal  Ctt(U 
forest  products,  horses,  minerals  and  men.  We  an 
bound  by  loyalty  and  affection  more  closely  than  most- 
people  iniatfine  to  the  Mother  Country,  and  all  are 
inspired  by  that  laudable  ambition  at  seeing  a  solid  and 
jnipregnable  British  Empire. 

The  following  references  to  the  Nino  Mine  is 
made  in  the  Toronto  C,7odc  of  July  4,  1900  : 


Mr,  Pengilly,  the  managin);  expert  of  the  Mikad 
mine,  visited  the  Nitio  when  the  shaft  was  eighty  fee 
deep,  and  was  his  '  ■  pleased  with  the  property.  He  i 
reported  to  have  stated  in  Rat  Portage  that  if  the  mjn 
were  his  property  he  would  not  exchange  it  for  any  min 
in  the  Lalte  of  the  Woods,  not  even  excepting  th 
Mikado:  The  shaft  is  now  down  over  100  feet  and  lool 
ing  better  than  ever.  Sapiples  from  the  property,  receni 
ly  assayed  at  Rat  Portage  and  Toronto,  have  shown  froii 
Si, 500  to  $1,600  of  gold  per  ton. 


"  r  '  r   I '  ^.^ 


the  manaKinK  expert  of  the  Mikado 
e  Nitio  wlien  the  shaft  was  eiyhty  feet 
ig'i'  ■'  oleased  with  the  property.  He  is 
!  statcfl  in  Rat  Portage  that  if"  the  mjne 
y  he  would  not  exchange  it  for  any  mine 
the  Woods,  not  even  excepting  the 
laft  is  now  down  over  loo  feet  and  look- 
•vcr.  Sapiples  from  the  property,  recent- 
t  Portage  and  Toronto,  have  shown  from 
)f  gold  per  ton. 


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Ur.  D. D.  Potter, 

8«oy.  Nino  Mining  Oo., 

Dear  Sir, 

from  the  llna'J^^   r^M'""  '"^"^  °'"  sa-^Plss  H^-nded  , 
rroB  tne  Nino  Mine  for  dStermlnatlon  of  goia  values. 

peeulta  J^^n\!!l",l!°   *°"  visible  In  any  of  ths  mater: 
peaultB  given  are  the  average  of  the  entire  samplaa  aubn 

i  a  PpSH*2h»rf''"°^  '■?°*  '■'■°'"  "'°^"  ''«^"  ^"^^   °f  s--art 

^  «i  From  shaft  on  main  (vein 

f  3  From  shaft  on  main  vein 

#  4  Surface  roolt 

#  6  Prom  shaft  on  main  vein  at  HO-  depth 

Values  are  given  in  tons  of  a«oo  poufttfs. 

Yours  truly, 


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Mr.  cirMAftfwca.  owr.. 


Sept.    i4th,    1900. 


J  Co., 


L^M,^"''  assays  of  samples  handed  me  as  ccmlnK 
ir  d«terralnatlon  of  gold  values. 

)  gold  visible  in  any  or  the  material  assayed.  The 
I  average  of  the  entire  samples  submitted  for  assay. 

OK  from  main  vein  east  of  s:.art   »1162.39  per  ton 
"  f^fj"                             234.30   "    " 

"  "«!"  63.66  ••    " 

65.26  " 

702.66  ' 


n  vein  at  HO'  depth 

Iven  in  tons  or  a»00  poults, 


Yours  truly, 


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